AFP, June 12, 2016 – Air strikes on a market in Syria’s city of Idlib killed at least 21 civilians Sunday.
Five children were among those killed in the air raids on Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Peace talks towards ending Syria’s five-year war have stalled, with no immediate end in sight to a conflict that has killed 280,000 people.
The Observatory has reported previous air raids by the regime and its Russian ally on Idlib province.
Footage the Observatory said was filmed after the Idlib strikes showed emergency workers training water hoses on a tall building amid a haze of smoke.
In Maaret al-Numan, an area south of the provincial capital, unidentified warplanes also killed at least six civilians including a woman and her four children, the Observatory said.
Russia launched air strikes in support of the Damascus regime in September, allowing forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad to advance against the rebels and IS.
The Britain-based Observatory relies on a network of sources inside Syria for its information.
It says it determines what aircraft carried out raids based on their location, flight patterns and the types of planes and munitions involved.
The Observatory said Russian air strikes killed 23 civilians in strikes on Idlib city on May 31, but Russia denied carrying out raids there that day.
Suspected government strikes killed at least 37 civilians in Maaret al-Numan in April, sparking condemnation from Syria’s opposition amid faltering peace talks.

  Syrian Civil Defence members, known as the White Helmets, extinguish a fire following air strikes on the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib, on June 12, 2016